title: Prosthesis jump graft: an unusual arterial reconstruction in liver transplantation.
abstract: The authors present a case of arterial jump graft using a number 9 Goretex prosthesis (FEP ringed vascular graft; W.I. Gore Associates Inc.-Delaware, Flagstaff, AZ) with an excellent outcome 3 years after the transplant. The prosthesis was necessary because of the impossibility of using the donor iliac arterial grafts due to the presence of widespread atherosclerotic damage.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, University of Bologna, S. Orsola Hospital, Italy. ejovine@unibo.it
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jovine
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazziotti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ercolani
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Grazi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masetti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pierangeli
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cavallari
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001161:Arteriosclerosis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male